# IPFS Gateway API

## Overview

The Leto IPFS Gateway is a comprehensive, lightweight, and fast API that respects your privacy. It enables access to IPFS content and offers a metric-based approach to analyze anonymous usage patterns. 

The image below illustrates the structure of the Proxy Gateway Architecture:

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## Leto Gateway address

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To switch from your current IPFS Gateway to Leto, all you need to do is change the gateway address used in your system to the Leto Gateway, available at **https\://`leto.gg/ipfs/"cid"`**`.`
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## Core Features

Here are the principal features offered by our IPFS Gateway:

* **Anonymity**: Our Gateway ensures you can access IPFS content without revealing your identity.
* **Privacy**: No logging of IP addresses or personal information.
* **Performance**: The Gateway is lightweight, fast, and easy to initialize.
* **Metrics**: We perform analyses based on the frequency and timing of CID requests.

## Accessing IPFS via HTTP

Accessing IPFS data via HTTP is straightforward, particularly when utilizing an IPFS HTTP gateway. As a decentralized peer-to-peer network, IPFS simplifies data retrieval. We'll be using the Leto gateway in this guide, offering anonymous metrics alongside data provision.

Upon storing data using the [web3.storage client](https://web3.storage/docs/how-tos/store/), the `put` method returns an [IPFS content identifier (CID)](https://docs.ipfs.io/concepts/content-addressing/) string. This CID corresponds to an IPFS directory containing files sent via the `put` method.

Here's how to leverage these CIDs:

* Point your application or program to the data in the Web3.Storage infrastructure using the respective CID.

## Leto IPFS gateway compatibility

The Leto Gateway communicates with a range of services, ensuring content is served as swiftly as possible, regardless of the provider. Gateways we currently support:

* web3.storage&#x20;
* ipfs.io&#x20;
* dweb&#x20;
* Cloudflare

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**Note:** The w3link (<https://ipfs.w3s.link/\\>\*) imposes a rate limit of 200 requests per minute per IP.
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